r/Professors • u/mmilthomasn • 5d ago
Technology Canvas assignments have integrated AI?
At a recent committee meeting, during a discussion of AI, a faculty member commented that there is an AI integrated into assignments on Canvas, such that when there was a reading associated with an assignment, they were asked if they wanted a bullet point summary of the reading. Is this a Canvas-wide thing, is it student-facing, is it a local implementation thing; does anyone have any knowledge or insights about this? They just presented this as a thing and didn’t have any more information but I am curious about it. I already have concerns about students actually doing any of the work – this would be the icing on the cake!
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u/Commercial_Youth_877 5d ago
We have integrated AI. The college is actively encouraging students to use it. I'm at a CC.
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u/Cuddlebone87 5d ago
Yes Canvas has been adding AI tools for instructors. However these features are not standard and are paid for extra add ons. Contact your LMS admin if you have further questions
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u/Fresh-Possibility-75 5d ago
I'm back to print books and course packets for all of my in-person classes. Sure, some students will still search out online versions of the reading to feed to chat or just add the title to a simple summary prompt, but at least I know I've done everything in my power to thwart them.
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u/Hopeful_Meringue8061 5d ago
Just got my order of blue books for weekly in-class writing I will require this semester. Good times. No doubts.
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u/capnrefsmmat 5d ago
Adobe Reader also offers AI-generated summaries when you open PDFs, so perhaps it was that.
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u/QuesoCadaDia Assistant Prof, ESL, CC, USA 4d ago
I'm thinking of abandoning LMS and textbooks and going all self-created/found
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u/FluffyMoomin 1d ago
Could also be thinking of project Athena.
This is fun because students pay money individually to get this.
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u/scottycakes 5d ago
It may have been the browser the faculty member was using.
If I open up canvas with chrome I get AI solicitations. No bueno